TAB. 1. 



Tribe Epidendre^. 



Sub-tribe Liparide^. 



Genus Liparis. 



Liparis Capensis, Lindley, in Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. ii, p. 814 

 (1840); Fddley, in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) vol. xxii, p. 272 (1887). — 

 Herba glabra humilis ; pseudo-bulbus bypoggeus ovatus, 2-5-4 cm. 

 longus; folia saepius 2, bumistrata ovata siibacuta crassiuscula coriacea, 

 superne Isvia, 2-5-6 cm. longa (plantge pinguiores folium tertiiim vel 

 etiam quartum ostendunt) ; scapns erectus rigidus angulatus multiflorus 

 (10-30-fl.), 2-6 cm. longus; Acres parvi conferti patentes, bracteaa 

 lanceolatae acuminata, ovariis breviores ; sepala lateralia oblouga sub- 

 falcata, 4 mill, longa, impar posticum longius oblongum, marginibus 

 revolutis; petala linearia marginibus revolutis, 6 mill, longa; labellum 

 trilobum carnosum arcuatum quam petalis duple brevius, lobis 

 lateralibus parvis rotundatis erecto-incurvis, medius major oblongus 

 subretusus deflexus; columua oblongo-cuneata curva crassiuscula 

 exalata, labello brevier ; capsula cyliudrica cum pedicello circa 1-5 cm. 

 longa. {Ex exempli, plur. viv.) Sturmia Capensis, Sonder, in Linncea, 

 vol. xix, p. 71 (1847). 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : near Cape Town, 

 beatby sandy places on tbe Flats ; bills bebind Simon's Town, 

 alt. 240 met. ; slopes of Table Mountain, 750 met. ; Swellendam, 

 Bowie; fl. April-June : — Herb. Norm. Aiistr-A/r,, 151 ; Zei/her, 3887; 

 Bolus, 4598. 



Plate 1. Figs. 1, 2, 3, different flowers; 4, one of tbe side sepals ; 

 5, odd sepal ; 6, one of tbe petals ; 7, column, front view ; 8, pollinia, 

 — all variously magnified. 



A small glabrous herb. Pseudo-bulb covered by the soil, ovate, 

 whitish, 2*5-4 cm. long ; leaves usually 2, lying flat on the 

 ground, ovate subacute thick leathery, smooth above, 2*5-6 cm. 

 long (luxuriant plants sometimes show a smaller third, and even 

 fourth, leaf) ; scape erect rigid angulate many-flowered (10-30), 

 2-6 cm. long ; flowers small crowded spreading, bracts lanceolate 

 acuminate, shorter than the ovaries ; side sepals oblong sub- 

 falcate, 4 mill, long, odd sepal posticous oblong longer, margins 

 revolute ; petals linear, margins revolute, 6 mill, long ; lip tri- 



